I still had not broke my week long headache so i went to the urgent care not er at the same hospital and he gave me dilaudid. Im confused. I can understand why people "doctor shop". Its frusterating...
I visited my ER three days ago after suffering for three days with a full blown migrane. When the doc asked what worked i told him demerol and vistral. This is the combo my primary has been giving me...
i agree I suffer from migrane headaches on a weekly basis at minimum. My doc recently told me that she could feel the tension in my neck and shoulders and said that this could contribute to the...
I have read your posts of doctors and office staff thinking your a med seeker because you need releif. I too get looked at like a drug seeker. My biggest critic is my sister who is a nurse at the...
I have migranes several times a week. On ocassion I have to go to the ER to get releif. The last few times the doc has given me dhe through IV. Each time I get it I experience extreme anxiety and...
about the blood pressure issues drew mentioned, I was on effexor and loved it.... I had great results for anxiety but not depression or mood swings. I had to stop taking it because my blood pressure...
/community/emoticons/eyes.gif Does anyone know of a good therapist in Minnesota, I live in central mn but will travel. The one I am currently seeing is not doing the trick!! Thanks hope someone...
I also get treated this way. I get tordal and reglan if i go to the er and midrin and maxalt for at home treatment, I was told to many people are addicted to the er and its "benifits" When I explain...
[b] feeling sad. My mind is a whirl wind going a million miles an hour. I ALSO suffer from panic and anxiety attack which I also am a wonderful at hiding from my family. Until about three months ago...
This has happened to me but not on zoloft... I was taking topamax for migranes it was working wonderful and my insurance ran out and i could not pay for it. When I started it up the second time no...
I am also taking topamax 200mg a day and have been for about four months with no results. I too have been off healing well for some time as well. I am getting migranes daily, no lie... my doc refuses...
I have tried topamax and also birth control in three month cycles. The topamax did work for me, i did have some side effects but they were worth the benifit. However when you are on topamax it makes...
hello, I am a single mother of two daughters 3&4. My oldest was diagnosed with autism and just recently hearing loss, and severe behavioral issues. Last month alone I had 12 appointments just for...
I suffer from chronic fatigue, however i thought it was due to my depression. I can not get enough sleep, i cant fall asleep and when I do i can not get my but out of bed. For the past two years my...
i am not offended at all. I need all the encouragment that I can get. thank you for all your advice. I will try to get help for myself because in the end it will only help my kids....
when I have them i have probably a "shock" about every 2-3 minutes but like I said, for me they come and go from day to day. I usually have them about 6-7 days a month. They are not predictible at...
thanks for your reply,unfortunatley I do not have any support system. I am a single mother of two girls. Their father lives four hours away and degrades me when i tell him I need a break once in a...
yes i have, It comes and goes like you said. I will have several days of these "shocks" and then nothing for a week and then several days again. I have told my doc about it and she was not concerned....
[b] six months and just at the snap of a finger it feels like my life has fallen apart. I sleep about 12 hours a night and nap during the day. In the past three years i have lost 3 family members to...
I just started taking relpax for migranes. They have worked in releiving the headache pain, however, they cause me severe muscle/skin pain. I hurt from head to toe. It is my muscles and my skin that...
I am currently on topamax and I am experiencing everything you described in your first post... low, energy, the thing that bothers me the most is my memory OMG!!! I feel so stupid!! I cannot remember...
some days I am able to work. I have used all my sick time at my job. I am at risk of losing my job and I absolutley love where I work. The last few times I have missed work I have had a doctors note...
I have had a migrane for two straight weeks. I have been into the ER two times only to be sent home in as much pain as I arrived in. I have followed up with my primary who change my anti-depressant...
I feel the same as you do. I feel like I am going to crack. I am having the worst time of my life. I need help. I have seriously thought I need to be hospitalized but I do not know how the process...
No- IT does not effect my eyes, just my head....
They are quick, maybe 3 second, horrificly painful "shock" like feelings that go through my head. Its like when you chew on tin foil when you have a filling, but in your head. I do not get them every...
no I am not. MY current medications are effexor, topamax and Klonopin as needed and Midrin as need, which does nothing....
Has anyone heard of effexor making migranes worse. When I was on just effexor I did not have many headaches. Now I am on topamax and effexor and I am having daily headaches. I am suffering bad. My...
I suffer from migranes, I get the pain on the left side of my head. For the last two days I have been getting these sharp eletrical like shocks that shoot threw my head but on the right side. The...
I am 4 weeks into my celexa and i thought I would be feeling better now. I am at a lifetime low. I dont want to do anything. I am not even speaking with my family. I used to speak with them 5-10...
when I take it I swear it causes my legs to become restless and jerky. I can not take it if i t is close to bed time....
I am sorry that you are going through this. I know how it is not to have pain meds around when you have migranes. My doctor has only prescribed me midrin which does NOTHING for me. I have tried the...
I was on this for several months and suffered horrible heart palpatations. It also did not work so well for my migranes either. I am on topamax right now and so far so good. I am having some of the...
I am doing very well on the topomax. It does make me drowsey but oh well. What is killing me is I am going through the biggest bougt of anxiety and depression I have ever dealt with. My doc put me...
I see my doc tomorrow and the only abortive medication I am on is midrin, which just does not work. Does any one have any recomendations? Also I am taking topamax as a preventative and it is making...
This sounds just like me. I have been diagnosed with major depression. I am not on an antidepessant because I am on topamax for migranes and my doc thought it would also work for the depression....
/community/emoticons/eyes.gif I am a 26 year old single parent. I have suffered from depression, migrane headaches and chronic anxiety for a LONG time now. I just started topamax and my doc took me...
/community/emoticons/sad.gif I have been taking topamax for 4 weeks I am on 100mg. It is working wonders for my migranes but, I am experiencing the worst bout of depression of my life. I am...
i have been on topamax for 4 weeks and have only had one bad migrane. I am up to 100 mg. I have tingling and feel doped up alot of the time but thie side effects are gettig better. The problem I am...
Thanks for the adivice. I have tried imitrex and maxalt. only oral though I get extremley sick when I get migranes so it is pretty difficult to take oral medications. I will as my doc about the nasal...
laura- I also live in MN where can I get a copy of that list? I do not live in the cities, about an hour and a half away but would be wiling to travel...
does anyone know of anything similar to midrin? it is the only thing I can take and still be functionable but my blood pressure has been as high as 180/107 on the midrin and I do not want to kill...
/community/emoticons/mad.gif Ive got a new one - I am here at work tired as heck from the topamax which by the way is helping some but not completley, I at the begining of a migrane anticipating a...
hope It works better for you this time around! I have not had any problems with my mouth. Just being so damn tierd and slow!! I have a new found hope now! Thanks...
I have the same triggers lack of sleep and alcohol. I am taking the topamax as a preventitive but like I said earilier I do not know how much longer I can stay on it. I am only at 50 mg and they want...
hey I am new here and I just had a question. I take midrin sometimes for my headaches but it only helps when I take like 5-6 pill with in 2-3 hours but when I do this I find that my blood pressure...
/community/emoticons/eyes.gif I am a 26 year old female who has suffered from migranes for as long as I can remember. I get at least three a week. I am currently trying topamax which I do not know...